Biodisposal farming of refinery oily wastes

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Am. Pet. Inst., Publ.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6840256

Weldon, R A

An oily sludge from a centrifuge deoiling and dewatering operation and an oily sludge from an API oil-water separator, handling refinery wastewater, were applied to separate 8 ft x 150 ft test plots laid out adjacent to the Sun Petroleum Products Co. tank farm in Toledo, Ohio. A third plot served as a control. The oily wastes were spread on test plots in multiple, controlled applications and tilled into the top eight inches of soil, and the fate of these wastes and their components in the soil evironment was monitored for a two-year period. The centrifuge sludge, applied at a rate of 1260 bbl/acre/yr, showed a 75Vertical Bar3< biodegradation rate (assuming negligible evaporative losses) and the API separator sludge, applied at a rate of 1100 bbl/acre/yr, showed an 80Vertical Bar3< biodegradation rate. Similar studies at a site in Tulsa, Okla., indicated that 1200 bbl/acre/yr is probably the maximum rate consistent with adequate control. To avoid adversely affecting the microbial population and increasing the risk of environmental contamination, individual application doses should be held below 150 bbl/acre.

• Research Organization: Suntech Inc.
• OSTI ID: 6840256
• Report Number(s): CONF-7903164-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Pet. Inst., Publ.; (United States) Journal Volume: 4308
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020800* -- Petroleum-- Waste Management
BIODEGRADATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
DECOMPOSITION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FIELD TESTS
GROUND DISPOSAL
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INFORMATION
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
NUMERICAL DATA
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
SAMPLING
SLUDGES
SOILS
TESTING
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES